Controller.



PATENTED MAY 12, 190B.

C 0 BARNES GONTRLLER. APPLIGATION PILED'MAB.2a. 19o7.

.0. 8 l 7 oo 8 ul N gine, @the said improvements CHARLES O. BARNES, OFOSWEGO, EW YORK,.ASSIGNO'R TO BARNES GEAR OSWEGO, NEW YORK,

CONTROLLER.

To lill whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. BARNES, of Oswego, in the county ofOswego and State of New York, have invented certain new and do herebydeclaro the following: ifo be a full, clear, and exact description olthe invention; such as'will enable others skilled in the' art to whichit appertains to make and nso the Same.

My invention relates to an imprm-'ement in controllers and'more'particularly' to means for operating the motive power supply devicesand the fnel feeding means for an enl'iein'g espe-- eiall'y intended foruse in controlling the operatlo of automobiles.

The object olt the invention is to provide controlling means which canbe safely and accurately operated Without resort to ratchet devices. y I

'A furtherobject is to provide a controller for use Withautomohiles,which shall lie simple and compact in construction.; comprise ew movableparts, a nd which can be qniekl and easily applied and connectedwiththeon erating means of an. automobile of any type. With theseobjet-,ts in view the invention consists in cert-ain novel feature ofconstruction and combinations of 'parte as hereinafter set forth andpointed ont in the claims. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is aVertical sectional View of a. controller einbodying my improvements.Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional. view. Fig', 3 is a View of one of thefriction springs.

1 represents a tubular standard which .may bc mounted in :any enitahlsupport (not shown) and provided al; irsnpper' end vwith a heall 2. Thishead honlprises two cup-- sliaped members 3, 4, each provided with aseries of lugs 5 for the accominodation of screws 6, whereby the twomembers arcsecured together. These screws may he inade plain throughouta portion of their lencgrh and pass freely th rough the lugs of one imamber of the head and screw into the lnfrs oi' Lheother member.

A tubular rod TisI disposed within the standard 1 and entersthe head 2throngh an o enng 8 in the bottom of member Sthereot e lower end of thistubular rod being provided with an arm 9 with which the valve forcontrolling the feed of fuel tothe engine may beconnected. A rod 10 isdisposed Within Specification of Letters Patent.

Application le March 23, 1907. Serial No. 364,`1 78.

useful Improvements in Controllers and l i l l l l Patented May 12,1908.

lower end thereof, where it'is provided with an arm 1I to be connectedwith the throttle valve 'of the engine. y

A lever 12 is secined to the npper end of the tubular rod. 7 within thehead 2 ahd a' similar lever Il; isiseourcd to the upper end of the rod10 within soidhead. .These levers roject outwardly through the side ofthe head and are `provided at their free ends with suitable hand-holdswhereby they may be readily operated-for turningthe' rods 7 and' 10 tocontrol the supply of fuel tothe engine or to operate vthe throttlevalvel Located WithinI each member of the head and lyingr against theannular flange thereof, is a spring i4' which has frictional contactwith said annular flange. The adjacent ends COMPANY, OF

the tubular rod,.v,7raiv1 ddepends below the.

ofeaeh friction spring 14 are bent inwardly and form lugs 15 betweenwhich a lug 16 on one of the Aoperatingr levers project,v From thisconstruction and arrangement of parts it Wi ll -be seen that when one ofthe operatingI levers moved it will. clause a corresponding nim-'ementof one of the friction springs and such mm1-.mont will he retarded oropposed h v the fric-tional engagement of said spring with the nnnnlarflange oi' the member of the head in which it located. When the other'lever operated. the friction ring in the other member of the head w1lact in the saine'znanner as above eX lained. -By the provision of thefriction. evices above desrribcd the operating. levers will be properlyheld in any )osition to which they may be moved and the mechanisms withwhich my improved m'mtrollcr 'are com lmeted, can be |ninui .c|"regolati-wl or adjusted and held 'at an) desired adjnsinent'- Withoutthe provision ol rah-het lncclmnisnr` or other positive holding' monos.'

l n ordcr that the friction springs may be prevented from displacement,each operating ver will hc provh ed with an arln 17 adaptcd ai the I'rneend to bear against the edge of one of the friction springs, each leverbeing hns made to .retain in proper position within the head, thefriction spring with Which it cooperates.

While l have described m improvements' for use with an engine emp oyingilnid rno tive. power and liquid fuel, it is evident that they areequally'a plioablefor use with an electrically control ed motor. Insuolrcase one of the arms (9 or 11) would be connected llv 10 CTT semenwith e suitable starting ifheostet end the other of seid arms would beeoimeeted with any suitable reversing switch..

Various siight changes might be mede in, the details of construe-tion ofmy invention. without departing from the spirit thereof or limiting itsscope, end hence .i Cleo not Wish, to

restrict myself to the preoise details herein i set forth.

Having folly describe-d my ioven tion what I Gleim. asfnew andv desireto secure by Let ters-Pste1it, i. t

l. The -oorn metido with t tubular sup ort,cor1troller rods mounted.therein sodi),

Eesti secured to seid. support, ol operating `rods 'within the. heed.,end. friction devises Within seicliieeil and. cooperating. with theoperating' levers. t

3'. The eombiiistioii with a. tubular fsupport, t heed secured 'theretoand controller 'rods mounted in seid tubular support and entering; tileheed, of en. operating lever secured to eeei'i eoritrolier roo. w1 thinthe iieefiJ ui'ixigs` loei'ted, within thehjeed with the respectivefvalgoeri'tingr and friction s and connecte ievers.

4.' The oombinationwith e sup ort, of a heed com rising two flanged4memgers, coli-1i troller for s entering seid heed, levers.'seeulfedv to'the respective controller rods,' f'etiori' spri 11g/s disposed Withinthe respective mem bers of the heed end bearing againstthe llsugesthereof and opereting levers secured to .therespeetive controller rods'and connecty eti respectively with the friet-ion springs.'v

5; The combination with e support aniia heed secured thereto', seidheedcompr'ising two iie-ngred members, of e friction spring ljo-lf'etedwithin each member of the head `and,Y hearing against the Harigethereof, eoritroller' rods entering the heed, operating levers se# curedto the respective controller rods, and ooiineotecl respectively with thefriotlon springs, and arms on seid levers having their tree endsdisposed between the two` friction springs.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed this -v peoiioatiou in the lpresence of two subscribme; Witnesses. n CHARLES 0. BARNES. lWituesses:y

C. A. BENTLEY, l. E; CASLER.

